Chapter 1039 - Chapter 1039: After the matter (2)
Chapter 1039: After the matter (2)
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The old eunuch stepped over the threshold and stood below, speaking in a low voice.
Chief advisor Wang was wearing a red robe and an official’s hat. He stepped into the Imperial study with steady steps.
Compared to the panicking officials, chief advisor Wang’s face was calm and he was in good spirits. He seemed to have been reborn and his gloominess was gone.
“Your Highness!”
Chief advisor Wang bowed.
“Lord first assistant, what should we do at this moment?”
The Crown Prince looked down at chief advisor Wang.
He knew that chief advisor Wang would be an important help in his ascension to the throne and also a figure he could rely on in the future. As long as he formed an ” Alliance ” with chief advisor Wang, he would be able to suppress the various parties in a short time and sit firmly on the Dragon Throne.
And this was not difficult, because there were many members of the princeling party.
Chief advisor Wang didn’t choose his side because of his father’s suppression.
But in fact, chief advisor Wang himself was a Prince, or at least he was biased towards himself, otherwise he would not sit by and watch the members of the Royal party secretly side with him.
Chief Assistant Wang said, “Your Highness has three things to do. “First, to calm the people. Second, stabilize the morale of the Army. Third, stabilize the court.”
The Crown Prince leaned forward slightly and smiled, “”Lord Chief Assistant, how do you think we should stabilize these three?”
Chief Assistant Wang seemed to have prepared a script in advance, and he said slowly, ”
Your Highness, everyone knows that Xu Qi ‘an killed the previous emperor outside the capital city. This matter can not be concealed. If we try to cover it up by force, it will only anger the people and make them lose trust in the Imperial court.
Now, the people in the capital thought of Xu Qi ‘an again. They remembered that he was the master who killed the Emperor.
The Crown Prince sighed. This was exactly what he had thought.
Wang zhenwen continued,
“Tell everyone what the previous emperor did. Announce to the world that he cut off the Army’s provisions and harmed the ministers, causing 80000 soldiers to die at the hands of the witchcraft cult. After that, the Crown Prince used the name of son to denounce the previous emperor and forbid his memorial tablet from being placed in the Imperial temple, and forbid his corpse from entering the Imperial mausoleum.
“After that, Xu Qi ‘an was commended, his official position was restored, and he was conferred a title of nobility. In this way, the hearts of the people and the Army would be set. The previous Emperor’s actions will certainly cause the Imperial court and the royal family to lose face and their prestige to drop, but the crown prince’s actions will make the common people and the wise people of the world cheer. They will look forward to the new emperor ushering in a new atmosphere for the dynasty.”
The previous emperor that Wang zhenwen was referring to was Emperor Yuan
jing.
“You can’t do this!”
The Crown Prince turned pale with fright. He thought to himself, “you don’t want me to be a son.”
No matter how evil the previous emperor was, father and son would always be father and son. Other people could scold the previous emperor, but he, as his son, could not do so.
Even if he was on the right side, he would still be cursed for not being a son.
This infamy might not appear in the short term, but it would definitely be recorded in the history books.
In the past dynasties, even if the son tried to usurp the throne, he had to treat the Father well and imprison him in the palace.
There had never been a case of whipping the old man’s corpse since ancient times because it was too taboo. Even a smart person would not do it.
“The Crown Prince wants to quickly accumulate reputation, win the love of the people, and give them confidence in the new dynasty. This is a price he must pay. With a wise ruler like your Highness taking the throne and Xu Qi ‘an being conferred the title of nobility to oversee the court, the overall situation can be settled.”
“You can’t do this.” The Crown Prince still shook his head.
Chief advisor Wang nodded and explained the second plan,
“Then, we’ll pretend that His Majesty was controlled by the witchcraft sect and that Xu yinluo stopped the witchcraft sect’s conspiracy.
“The battle between Da Feng and the witchcraft cult has just ended. The people are angry because 80000 soldiers died in the northeast. No one will suspect anything.
“But Xu Qi ‘an’s actions still need to be praised. This will help to restore the image of the Imperial court. The fact that the common people have gathered at the various Yamen and Imperial City gates is the best proof.” The Crown Prince was silent for a long time and did not refute.
Seeing this, chief advisor Wang continued, the last thing to do is to stabilize the court. What everyone is worried about is the saying that every Emperor has his own officials. Your Highness just needs to try to win them over. “How do we rope him in?”
The Crown Prince asked.
Wooing wasn’t a verbal promise. One had to give actual benefits. Therefore, when one wooed a group of people, one had to suppress another. The Crown Prince was actually asking, “suppress who?”
Chief advisor Wang said lightly, ‘
“Yuan Xiong, the right censor of the Imperial Censorate, and Qin Yuandao, the Vice Minister of the Ministry of War, colluded with the witchcraft cult to control His Majesty and attempt to overthrow Da Feng. Nine generations of his family should be executed. The other accomplices would have their houses confiscated.
“However, the Crown Prince has just ascended to the throne and needs to be pardoned. Yuan Xiong and Qin Yuandao will be beheaded in public, their property will be confiscated, and the women in their families will be taken into the teaching workshop Division.
“All accomplices, depending on the severity of the crime, will be executed, their families will be exempted from punishment.”
The time and method of punishment were all given.
The Crown Prince thought for a long time and slowly nodded.”Good!” “Inform the officials to enter the hall for a meeting, ” he turned to the old eunuch.
Yun Lu Academy.
Xu Pingzhi returned to the small courtyard with an exhausted look.
Because of his sudden departure, his aunt and daughters returned to the Academy to wait for him.
“Old, old master …”
The beautiful and plump aunty came up to him with an ugly expression and said in a low voice, ‘
“I, I seem to have forgotten a lot of things in the past.”
For example, the reason why her aunt’s father, the old scholar, had married her to Xu Pingzhi was not because she was innocent and not good at fighting in the house.
It was because the Xu family was once a rich and powerful family, and Xu Pingzhi’s brother held a high position and power.
The old scholar took advantage of the fact that his daughter was as beautiful as a fairy and not a mortal, so he married his daughter to the second son of the
Xu family, Xu Pingzhi..